H. L. Mencken Quotes
Religion, after all, is nothing but an hypothesis framed to account for what is evidentially unaccounted for.
Quotes to Explore
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness and perpetuity. Where this is lacking, no man's character is strong; no nation's life can be lasting.
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Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.
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From one moment to another one can lose heart.
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The freedom of birds is an insult to me. I'd have them all in zoos. - The judge.
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Segregation. There was another one. America sees this now but it took a civil rights movement to betray their age. And 50 years ago the U.S. Supreme Court betrayed the age May 17, 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education came down and put the lie to the idea that separate can ever really be equal. Amen to that.
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Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.
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A minister of Jesus Christ should not be regardless of his attitude. If he is the representative of Jesus Christ, his deportment, his attitude, his gestures, should be of that character which will not strike the beholder with disgust.
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It really wasn't until I realized that country music had a whole underworld of songwriters that I dug into it.
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I was depressed a lot as a kid, and I was really sad and wouldn't be able to get out of bed.
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I first started using social media when I was 12 or something - not publicly; I had private accounts.
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If we're going to truly solve the problems of the world, we've got to share our information whenever we can and strategically include one another in or efforts.
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Everyone has said very supportive things coming out of D.C. today. We can't wait when the race has begun.
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I'd love to paint our roof white - it's so hot down here in Texas! - and I'd love to have a rainwater collection system to save rain runoff for later. I also love to fantasize about keeping chickens in the backyard.
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The fundamental essence of science, which I think we've lost in our education system, is poking something with a stick and seeing what happens. Embrace that process of inquiry.
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Throwing on a black dress with black tights, cute booties, a great coat and throw a scarf over it. I think simple accessories and, if you want to make a pop, a great red lip.
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I'm quite unusual in directing terms: I'm a woman. I'm quite a girly girl. I was never academic.
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Too many athletes do not admit their weaknesses.
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If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problems that faced them, and I must take along the right channel the surging aspirations of their youth.
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The thing framed says that nothing framed it; the tongue never made itself to speak, and yet talks against him that did; saying that which is made, is, and that which made it, is not. But this folly is infinite as hell, as much without light or bound as the chaos or the primitive nothing.
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I'm one of those actresses that really enjoys staying home with my children. To be told you've got to get to work, it is just unbelievable what it does to you.
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The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).
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You write three pages over six hours, and you don't feel like you've gotten anywhere, but if you've done a beautiful metaphor or a lovely sentence, or you finally got to some moment you wanted, then that's worth it. Then you can close your computer and get a little relief.
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Religion, after all, is nothing but an hypothesis framed to account for what is evidentially unaccounted for.
